Have a look at some of the videos on ABC splash!
This one is of a monotreme (Australian echidna).
http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/media/1455734/monotreme-mum-smuggles-snuggly-puggle
Once the video opens, check out the other videos down the right hand side too!
Have fun!!!
If you have ever wanted to be a citizen scientist, check out WildLife Spotter!
https://wildlifespotter.net.au/
Help save threatened species and preserve Australia’s iconic wildlife!
Become a citizen scientist and assist researchers by looking for animals in wilderness photos taken by automated cameras around Australia.
Anyone can join in and you can do it all online.
If you’re a Pokémon fan, then you’re probably obsessed with collecting every species. But did you know that Pokémon creator Satoshi Tajiri got his inspiration from insects? Here are some reasons why entomology (the study of insects) is like playing Pokémon in real life.
5. Transformation occurs in Pokémon and insects
Some Pokémon and insects undergo metamorphosis. These stages usually include egg, larva, pupa and adult. In butterflies, you may know this cycle as an egg becoming a caterpillar (larva), then a chrysalis (pupa), and finally an adult butterfly. An example from Pokémon is an egg hatching into a Caterpie, which turns into a Metapod, and then ends up as a Butterfree.
4. Like Pokémon trainers, entomologists travel searching far and wide for new species
There are some great places to look for insects. There are 17 megadiverse hotspots containing 70 per cent of the world’s biodiversity, but these take up only 10 per cent of Earth’s total surface and are rich in insect species!
3. Different traps catch different species
There are different types of Poké Ball for Pokémon, and different traps and lures for insect species. For example, net or flight-intercept traps are used for flying insects, and pitfall or emergence traps are better for ground-dwelling insects.
2. Pokédex for insects exist
Entomologists use catalogues to record species, such as the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) online database. The ALA includes data like a Pokédex does, including species distribution and collection information.
1. We need your help to catch (and describe) ‘em all!
If you thought 700 species of Pokémon were a handful, there are more than one million described insect species and another 30 million waiting to be described! Imagine if we came together to name all the species on Earth.
It’s your turn to be the very best entomologist that no one ever was! If you’re interested in entomology, start a digital collection by photographing then releasing your specimens, and visit or volunteer at your local museum’s insect collection.
More information
For more reasons why insects are like Pokémon, check out the next issue of Double Helix magazine. Subscribe to receive your copy!
This article was written by Dr Bryan Lessard, aka Bry the Fly Guy. He’s an entomologist at CSIRO’s Australian National Insect Collection in Canberra.
Food Webs
Complete and Incomplete Metamorphosis
Classification of Living Things
Mosa Mack – Adaptations
Mosa Mack – Food Web
More Food Chains and Food Webs
Have a look at this link to invertebrates and their unusual behaviour
National Geographic – A million years of decorating yourself with junk
Molluscs
Have a look at these terrific short clips about the history and drainage of the area where our school was built…
Bar Tailed Godwit Preens on a beach in Australia (photo: Dan Weller http://www.abc.net.au)
Every year, millions of birds make a monumental journey between their breeding grounds in arctic tundra and their wintering grounds in Australasia.
Some birds migrate 11,000km straight over the seas without stopping, through the nights, days, storms and lulls – they are truly a wonder of the natural world.
Flying for your Life
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/offtrack/flying-for-your-life-1/7461802
ABC Radio National, “Off Track” is airing a fascinating four part series called Flying for your Life about the lives of these fascinating (and endangered) shore birds.
To learn more, have a look at the webpage and have a listen here…
Here is the whole gang, talking about Transport
And in a classic video Grover teaches us about Force
Another video about Force
https://mosamack.com/home/newton-s-laws/lessons/solve
Have a look at this STEM clip about boat building
Grover 2.0 on Design
For us to look to the future in an informed way, we must look to the past…
Here is a really quick look at the history of transport in Australia
Here is a snapshot of the development of transport in the USA
We could also look at a history of transport in Japan.
Take a look at this link…
https://www.transport-pf.or.jp/english/nani/02_mukashi.html
How did your Mum and Dad or Grandparents or even Great-grandparents get around? Ask them, you might be surprised by what you can learn 🙂
Have a look a these awesome potential transport ideas for the future…
What about trains of the future running on magnetic tracks?
Rainbow
According to this cool article on Dogonews, there are 12 different kinds of rainbows!
You can read the article here: https://www.dogonews.com/2016/1/24/guess-what-there-are-twelve-kinds-of-rainbows
Have a look at the table below:
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